Adam Goldberg

An acerbic, wry Californian who seemed to embody a Jewish New York intellectual vibe, Adam Goldberg broke through as a neurotic high school student in Richard Linklater's classic "Dazed and Confused"...
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Actor Adam Goldberg avoided telling friends about his girlfriend's pregnancy for as long as possible because they suffered a stillbirth once before. The Fargo actor's girlfriend Roxanne Daner was seen with a large baby bump on the red carpet at the Emmy Awards in August (14) and Goldberg reveals they had been keeping their news a secret for months because of a tragedy they suffered in 2013.
The 44 year old tells comedian Marc Maron during his WTF podcast, "My girlfriend Roxanne is pregnant... We weren't going to tell anybody - I mean it's obvious. She's gigantic. But we weren't going to tell anyone unless you ran into her.
"I haven't said this. I haven't talked about this at all. My girlfriend - we've been together for several years - we had a stillborn child about a year and a half ago. I've talked about it but not really in a public fashion. Totally awful, especially because I had been ambivalent of having children... It was four days after the due date... It was horrifying and it was also my worst fear."

Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg has publicly appealed to wealthy businessmen and women to join forces with her in an attempt to buy the Los Angeles Clippers sports team after owner Donald Sterling was banned for life from the National Basketball Association (NBA) for making racist remarks that were caught on tape.
Sterling was handed the severe punishment and fined $2.5 million (£1.6 million) by NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Tuesday (29Apr14) after audio footage of him rebuking a girlfriend for posting a photo of herself with black basketball legend Magic Johnson on Instagram.com went viral over the weekend (26Apr14). Silver also declared he plans to strip Sterling of ownership and now Goldberg, who is a New York Knicks supporter, has announced her interest in becoming a basketball boss.
Speaking on her U.S. talk show The View on Wednesday (30Apr14), she said, "I'm very happy about all of this (Sterling's punishment), because I'm personally looking for a kerbillionaire (sic) to help me buy this team. I'm serious because there are no women who own any NBA teams or no teams anywhere seem to be owned by women."
Meanwhile, hip-hop entrepreneurs Dr. Dre and Sean 'Diddy' Combs, who recently topped a Forbes.com poll as 2014's Wealthiest Hip Hop Artist with an estimated fortune of $700 million (£437.5 million), have also expressed an interest in buying the Clippers. In a post on Twitter.com, Diddy writes, "I will always be a Knicks fan, but I am a business man #DiddyBuyTheClippers #NameYourPrice".
And Dr. Dre, who placed second on the Forbes rich list with a $550 million (£343.8 million) fortune, tells TMZ.com, "I'm thinking about it... yes."
Reports suggest boxing champs Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and media mogul Oprah Winfrey are also interested in purchasing the Clippers from Sterling. Mayweather, Jr. tells the Los Angeles Times he is "very, very interested" in taking over the team with "a group of billionaires". Longtime Clippers fan Frankie Muniz has also expressed an interest in buying the team - he took to his Facebook.com page on Wednesday (30Apr14) and wrote, "I am a Clippers fan. I've never been a fan of the owner. I never wanted the team to win for the owner. I am a fan of the players, the coaches, and I root for the team to win for the fans. Clipper Nation. I root for the team to win for themselves. For their dreams and aspirations." The actor also tweeted, "I am buying the Los Angeles Clippers."

Several shows are premiering new seasons this week, while J.J. Abrams returns to TV with Almost Human. Here's what else you need to be watching.
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The GoldbergsWhatever happened to Jeff Garlin, the former sidekick to Larry David's slightly more misanthropic version of himself on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm? He's starring on The Goldbergs, the most sitcom-y new sitcom to debut on network TV this year. Despite coming off a slow start, the show is gradually finding its voice, which is why ABC renewed it for a full season. It's not quite as laugh-out-loud funny as Curb, but thanks to Garlin and Patton Oswalt, who narrates the show, it's still good for a few chuckles. A new episode of The Goldbergs airs Tuesday at 9PM ET on ABC.
Finding BigfootFor three seasons (and counting!), a rag-tag group of cryptic zoologists have been on the hunt for that ever-elusive creature known as Sasquatch. Spoiler alert: they still haven't found him! Will the mysterious ape-like being ever be located when the fourth season of Finding Bigfoot premieres on Sunday night? I'm guessing not. Finding Bigfoot airs Sunday nights at 7PM ET on Animal Planet.
ScandalFresh off her hilarious hosting job on Saturday Night Live, Kerry Washington returns to her hit political series with a brand new episode. No comedy here, unfortunately, unless you consider the show's intricate plotlines involving various lies and backstabbing among Washington's political elite as topical humor. But then we already have Fox News for that, now don't we? A new episode of Scandal airs at 10PM ET this Thursday on ABC.
Almost HumanA futuristic detective must save the modern world from its many corrupting forces. Sound like a done-before concept for a TV show? Factor in that his partner is an android and you have Almost Human, the new sci-fi series from J.J. Abrams. Hey, I'll watch that! Almost Human debuts this Sunday at 8PM ET on FOX.
Unique SweetsEver wonder what pie would taste like as a butterscotch cocktail? The good folks over at Unique Sweets have, which is why they've focused an entire episode on developing the tasty new drink, as well as some oddball ice cream flavors. Let's face it, there's just no way you can have a show about dessert mash-ups and not have people watch it. Unique Sweets kicks off its season four this Sunday at 7PM ET on the Cooking Channel.
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Cory Monteith's mum has fired back at criticism about an Emmy Awards tribute to her late son, insisting he would have been a TV icon had he lived. Ann McGregor has taken aim at beloved TV veteran Jack Klugman's son after he suggested his father would be a better fit for Sunday's (22Sep13) In Memoriam special tribute than Glee star Monteith, who died from a heroin and alcohol overdose in July (13).
Five TV celebrities who passed away in the last 12 months have been selected to receive special mention as part of the sombre section of the prizegiving in Los Angeles - but Klugman and Dallas star Larry Hagman have been left off the list.
Instead, Monteith, James Gandolfini, producer Gary David Goldberg, actress Jean Stapleton and funnyman Jonathan Winters will receive the special honours, and Klugman's son Adam let it be known he wasn't happy his dad, who died in December (12), had been left off the list.
He told the Los Angeles Times, "They're celebrating this self-inflicted tragedy instead of celebrating the life of my father, who won three Emmys... Cory Monteith never won an Emmy... Let's call this what it is. They're doing this because they think they're gonna get a younger generation of viewers to watch."
But McGregor insists it is appropriate her son is getting a special tribute at the Emmys.
She tells TMZ.com, "If he had lived 30 more years he would have accomplished much more."
Emmys bosses have also defended their decision to include Monteith, insisting critics will understand why they singled out the Glee star when Jane Lynch takes to the stage at the ceremony and pays tribute to her late friend and co-star.

The son of late actor Jack Klugman was furious to learn his father will not be memorialised at the Emmy Awards on Sunday night (22Sep13), and has criticised show bosses for including tragic Glee star Cory Monteith instead. Monteith, who died of a drug and alcohol overdose in July (13), will be among the late stars who will be remembered during the prizegiving in Los Angeles, along with The Sopranos star James Gandolfini, Family Ties producer Gary David Goldberg, actress Jean Stapleton and funnyman Jonathan Winters.
Klugman, who died of cancer in December (12), has not been included in the list, and the snub has angered his son Adam, who is adamant Monteith is less deserving of the honour than his father.
Adam tells the Los Angeles Times, "They're celebrating this self-inflicted tragedy instead of celebrating the life of my father, who won three Emmys... Cory Monteith never won an Emmy... Let's call this what it is. They're doing this because they think they're gonna get a younger generation of viewers to watch."
Many critics have also taken aim at Emmys organisers over the list, which also fails to include late Dallas star Larry Hagman, prompting executive producer Ken Ehrlich to defend the choices.
A statement released by Ehrlich reads, "Every generation of television viewers has its favourites, and when we decided to expand the In Memoriam segment to remember certain individuals, we wanted these pieces to be representative as well. To a younger generation, Cory Monteith's portrayal of Finn Hudson (in Glee) was highly admired, and the producers felt that he should be included along with the four other individuals we have singled out."

Funnyman Chris Rock is teaming up with his famous pals Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld and Tracy Morgan to shoot a new movie loosely based on his life. The comic arrived at the New York City premiere of Grown Ups 2 with his own camera crew last week (ends12Jul13) and reports indicate Rock is set to star in the as-yet untitled project, produced by Scott Rudin, as a version of himself, named Andre.
The movie will feature Rock announcing his engagement to Rosario Dawson on her fake reality show, and hanging out with his celebrity friends, including David Spade, Gabrielle Union and Kevin Hart.
The cast has been filming all over the Big Apple since June (13) and Rock recently shot a scene at Scores strip club with Sandler, Seinfeld and Whoopi Goldberg.
A source tells the New York Daily News, "Jerry and them did cameos inside. Sandler accuses a stripper of stealing his cell phone and she says, 'I have no clothes on, where would I put it?' Seinfeld says, 'I know where you could put it.' It's very funny."

Break out the Milky Ways! This Is the End co-writer/director Evan Goldberg has shared some awesomely meta ideas for a sequel to the apocalypse comedy. Actually, this is just the latest in weird movie sequel ideas to be thrown out this week, including bizarre story ideas for 2015's Jurassic Park IV, Val Kilmer's pitch for a sequel to Michael Mann's Heat, and a remix of Spring Breakers suggested by Harmony Korine.
Goldberg himself tells Screen Daily that he thinks "there's a good chance of a sequel," but cautions that his writing-directing partner Seth Rogen probably doesn't feel the same way. The fact is — SPOILER ALERT — how could there possibly be a sequel to This Is the End? The movie ends with everybody either dying on Earth or being Raptured into Heaven. So, Goldberg suggests that a follow-up would go even more meta.
"We actually talked about doing a sequel where it starts at the premiere of This is the End," he says. "Seth's a cokehead in this version, Michael Cera is a calm dude with a boyfriend, Rihanna and the Backstreet Boys are back. We have a lot of ideas: a heaven and hell, for example, and a garden of Eden version where Danny [McBride] is Adam." That sounds crazy, but then again the idea of Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride and co. playing versions of themselves in an apocalyptic Los Angeles in the first place was pretty nuts.
Leaked sequel ideas for Jurassic Park IV push the "weird envelope" even further. JoBlo.com reported that the concept for the 2015 movie is that Isla Nublar, the island from Steven Spielberg's original 1993 film, is now a fully-operational dinosaur theme park, as was originally intended, with 10 million visitors a year. Instead of Shamu, the park features shows with aquatic dinosaurs that jump out of the water and devour Great White Sharks whole. The Velociraptors and T-Rexes have now been tamed, and when an even more formidable dinosaur gets on the loose, the park's managers use the raptors and T-Rexes to fight back. This still isn't as crazy as John Sayles' idea for gun-toting dinosaurs in an early draft years ago, but it's getting close.
But the one that may take the proverbial cake is Val Kilmer's pitch for a sequel to Michael Mann's Heat. Appearing on Larry King's Hulu show, Kilmer revealed a dastardly new way his character could torment Robert De Niro in a sequel. "Here's my pitch," Kilmer said. "You remember Natalie Portman in it? She's Pacino's adopted daughter, so she comes home and says, 'Daddy, daddy, I want you to meet my fiancé.' And it's me. He's retired and I come to Chicago where he's retired back to and I'm going to torture him, and then I'm going to kill him." If the full creepiness of that scenario doesn't immediately strike you, consider this: Kilmer was 36 when he starred in the original 1995 film; Portman was 14. Yeah.
Who knows if we'll ever see any of these ideas on the big screen? Kilmer just seemed to be free-associating with his idea, and the rumors about Jurassic Park IV are nebulous at best. The one that really might happen? The This Is the End sequel. After all, Goldberg and Rogen are next collaborating on a film called The Interview, in which a talk show host (Franco) and his producer (Rogen) get caught up in a plot to assassinate Kim Jong-Un. So anything is possible with them. If they do produce a follow-up to This Is the End, though, it'll have to be pretty amazing to top their recent apocalyptic parody of The Real World.
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In the most inevitable move this TV pilot season, ABC announced Friday that it has officially picked up Joss Whedon's sure-to-be-amazing new TV show about the Marvel universe's super-agents, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., along with several other new series.
The annoyingly punctuated S.H.I.E.L.D. follows Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson (reprising his movie role) as, according to the show's official description, " assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Together they investigate the new, the strange, and the unknown across the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary."
On the comedy side, Rebel Wilson's Super Fun Night is a go, starring the comedy breakout as a nerdy lawyer who, along with her two equally nerdy girlfriends, decides to branch out and start having more fun instead of their typical Friday nights in. The network also picked up the dysfunctional family comedy The Goldbergs, set in the '80s and based on creator Adam Goldberg's real life, Back in the Game, starring Maggie Lawson as a single mom whose former baseball player dad (James Caan) moves in with her, Mixology, and the Malin Akerman-starring Trophy Wife.
As for dramas, the network has ordered Lucky 7, about a group of people who win a lottery jackpot, Betrayal, about a female photographer who has an affair with the man her prosecutor husband is fighting in court, spinoff Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Resurrection, Killer Women, and Mind Games.
Which of ABC's new shows sound the most promising?
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Justin Bieber continued his quest to grow up in the eye of the public when he followed in the footsteps of teen idols Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, and Britney Spears before him as both host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live. He's been amusing in the past in guest spots, but could he carry a whole show by himself?
The verdict: Though surely the Biebs would love to duplicate some of the success as frequent SNL guest Timberlake, he just doesn't have the charisma and natural comedic timing as J.T. — or even last week's mediocre musician-turned-host, Adam Levine. After a week full of jokes about how attractive women find Levine, it just seemed icky that every skit focused on how irresistible Bieber is to teen girls.
Cold Open
It's refreshing to see a non-political cold open, so this skit about the desperate vamping CBS' sports analysts had to do to fill the 35 powerless minutes during last week's Super Bowl. An amusing concept, though much like that actual filler, it wore thin very quickly.
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Justin Bieber's Monologue
The opening monologue and a later skit full of Bieber lookalikes in matching hoodies, leather jackets, and red sneakers both capitalized on Biebs' hearrthrob status. In the monologue, Bieber got an assist from Kenan Thompson as he romantically serenaded young ladies in the audience not about Valentine's Day, but about Black History Month. Because they both fall in the same month, get it? The punchline came when Biebs pulled up Whoopi Goldberg to the stage and serenaded the comedian, whose mere presence was amusing enough to get a few chuckles.
The Californians
This skit becomes increasingly less amusing each time, but Bieber did pull off the show's oddball surfer accent quite well. Although "The Californians" started off pretty funny, by now it's as tedious as any of the show's other relied-upon recurring skits. Let's hope they retire this one alongside "What's Up With That" and only trot it out on special occasions.
Bravo Shows
SNL's pre-taped skits are usually pretty amusing, and this spoof on Bravo's continued employment of spinoffs as a programming strategy was no exception. Coming soon on the Andy Cohen network: shows about houseplants, gay chauffeurs, Francis Ford Coppola's granddaughters' best friends and Justin Bieber as an Austrian lothario.
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Weekend Update
Seth Myers is reliably funny as Weekend Update anchor, and this week was no different. His special guests included Vanessa Bayer and Fred Armisen as the gossiping best friends of Richard III, whose body was recently discovered under a British parking lot, and Thompson as Corey, the one black guy in every commercial who likes to high five — or he'll die.
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'50s Romance
Did you know that girls love Beiber? In case you didn't, this Grease parody reminded you that Biebs, dressed as dim-witted '50s greaser Billy recounting his strange date with Cecily Strong's Angie. It's funny because at the end he reminded her that he wasn't dumb, he was 11, and she was totally cool with it because he's hot.
The Miley Cyrus Show
It's Miley! Bayer's beloved skit returned a little edgier (minor key theme song) and with an all-new haircut (bleach blonde Flock of Seagulls-inspired), much like Miley herself. Biebs played essentially his "Californians" character as the head of Miley's fan club, where he winkingly addressed the pictures of him smoking pot. Bayer's Cyrus is always a delight, and this was no different.
Protective Brother
Meeting the parents — supremely awkward, and a frequent SNL skit topic. Biebs played the new boyfriend Nasim Pedrad brought home to meet her parents — and her bully older brother, played by Taran Killam, who harped on young Bieber nervously stumbling over his words during their introduction. Continuing in the Timberlakian tradition, Biebs couldn't keep a straight face as Killam berated him for saying the word "glice," but in all fairness, we probably couldn't either.
A Valentine's Message from Justin Bieber
Bieber recorded a sexy message for the ladies, but it wasn't that sexy because it's Bieber and also because Bobby Moynihan was there as some sort of adult baby in a heart-adorned onesie.
Performances: "As Long As You Love Me" and "Nothing Like Us"
Bieber can sing quite nicely, but both songs from his just-released "Believe: Acoustic" reeked of his desperate "I am a grown up" schtick. If you like Bieber, you probably really liked the songs. If you don't, you probably didn't.
Principal Frye: Valentine's Day
No show about a teen heartthrob would be complete without an extended abstinence joke — though this one was actually pretty funny. Why was it relegated to the end of the show? That's where the weirdo, experimental skits live, not recurring ones like this, which was amusing but not hilarious, much like Bieber's entire episode.
What did you think of Bieber's hosting ability? Did he reach Timberlake status, or at least compare to this season's other musician/host, Bruno Mars?
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From Bond to Frankenstein: On the heels of their movie Skyfall, the film’s co-writer John Logan and director Sam Mendes are headed to Showtime with a high-concept drama project. The untitled drama is described as a psychological horror drama series with literary underpinnings, including Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, set in the 1800s. This would mark both Logan and Mendes’ series debut. [Deadline]
Saturday Night Detectives? Fox has given a pilot order to an untitled Andy Samberg comedy project. The pilot, about a diverse group of detectives at a New York precinct, will be executive produced by Parks and Recreation executive producer Dan Goor and co-creator/showrunner Mike Schur. David Miner also will executive produce, with Samberg producing. [THR]
Gaffigan Playing a Version of Himself: CBS has ordered a pilot starring Jim Gaffigan. The comedy from Peter Tolan (Rescue Me) and Gaffigan would feature the comedian as a happily married father of five, “just as he is in real life,” CBS says. It will be a single-camera comedy. Other executive producers are Michael Wimer and Alex Murray. [EW]
Always a Bridesmaid, Now a Mother? Bridesmaids co-star Wendi McLendon-Covey has been cast as the female lead of ABC’s untitled Adam F. Goldberg single-camera comedy pilot (formerly How the F Am I Normal), written by Goldberg and to be directed by Seth Gordon. Inspired by Goldberg’s experience growing up in the ’80s with a highly screwed up but loving family, the show is a family comedy set in the ’80s that centers on an in-your-face mother and hot-tempered father who love their three eccentric kids so much, they can’t bear to see them grow up. McLendon-Covey will play the mother, Beverly Gold, a dedicated mom and an overbearing hyper-emotional shopaholic with no sense of boundaries and a big mouth that she’s not afraid to use. [Deadline]
More Wives for Lifetime, Plus a Singing Husband: Singer/actor Jesse McCartney has booked a recurring role on the upcoming seventh season of the Lifetime drama Army Wives. The singer/actor will play Private Tim Truman, a young, eager and enthusiastic soldier determined to prove himself on his first deployment, and the husband to high school sweetheart/new series regular Elle McLemore's farm girl Holly Truman. Lifetime is also developing a remake of the BBC drama Prisoners' Wives. The drama, from Endemol Studios, is based on the Tiger Aspect format about four different women, each struggling to cope with a man in her life serving prison time. [THR, THR]
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Returned to series TV as co-star of the short-lived Fox fall drama "The $treet"

Signed exclusive series development deal with ABC

Was regular on the CBS sitcom "Double Rush"

Co-starred as a colleague of John Forbes Nash in the biopic "A Beautiful Mind"

Played Matthew McConaughey's buddy in the romantic comedy "How to Lose a Guy In 10 Days"

Wrote and directed first film, "Scotch and Milk" (filmed in 1997)

Co-starred with Denzel Washington in director Tony Scott's, "DéjÀ Vu"

Co-starred in Julie Deply's "2 Days in Paris"

Appeared in the ensemble of Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan"

Had a supporting role in the indie comedy-romance "All Over the Guy"

Co-starred with Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio in the crime thriller "The Salton Sea"

Made screen debut in "Mr. Saturday Night"

Co-starred as David Conrad's roommate on the ABC drama "Relativity"

Had recurring role as the obnoxious new roommate of Matthew Perry's Chandler on the hit NBC sitcom "Friends"

Had spotlighted role in "Dazed and Confused"

Made TV-movie debut in bit part in "Babe Ruth" (NBC)

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An acerbic, wry Californian who seemed to embody a Jewish New York intellectual vibe, Adam Goldberg broke through as a neurotic high school student in Richard Linklater's classic "Dazed and Confused" (1993). He followed up with roles in John Singleton's "Higher Learning" (1995), "The Prophecy" (1995) with Christopher Walken, and as Chandler Bing's (Matthew Perry) insane roommate in several episodes of "Friends" (NBC, 1994-2004). On the big screen, he dazzled critics and viewers as a tough, cynical but ultimately doomed Jewish soldier in Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning epic "Saving Private Ryan" (1998). Goldberg embraced his career as a journeyman character actor, appearing in projects as varied as Ron Howard's Oscar-winning "A Beautiful Mind" (2001) as a physics colleague of John Nash (Russell Crowe), Matthew McConaughey's snarky best friend in the Kate Hudson romantic comedy "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" (2003), and a Jewish superhero in "The Hebrew Hammer" (2003). A writer-director who penned-helmed "Scotch and Milk" (1998) and "I Love Your Work" (2003), Goldberg also essayed brief but memorable turns in "Stay Alive" (2006), "Zodiac" (2007) and on "Entourage" (HBO, 2004-2011). Although he achieved a more under-the-radar success than was predicted for him at the beginning of his career, Goldberg earned a loyal following for his vivid onscreen intelligence and charisma, always proving a welcome addition to any project.